LegalizeCommission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1648 of 21 August 2023 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain coated fine paper originating in the People's Republic of China following an expiry review pursuant to Article 11(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council
The application of the individual duty rates specified for the companies mentioned in paragraph 2 shall be conditional upon presentation to the Member States’ customs authorities of a valid commercial invoice, on which shall appear a declaration dated and signed by an official of the entity issuing such invoice, identified by his/her name and function, drafted as follows: ‘I, the undersigned, certify that the (volume) of (product under review) sold for export to the European Union covered by this invoice was manufactured by (company name and address) (TARIC additional code) in [country concerned]. I declare that the information provided in this invoice is complete and correct.’ If no such invoice is presented, the duty applicable to all other companies shall apply.
Should the definitive countervailing duties imposed by Article 1 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1647 (116) be modified or removed, the duties specified in paragraph 2 will be increased by the same proportion limited to the actual dumping margin found or the injury margin found as appropriate per company and from the entry into force of this Regulation.
In cases where the countervailing duty has been subtracted from the anti-dumping duty for certain exporting producers, refund requests under Article 21 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1037 shall also trigger the assessment of the dumping margin for that exporting producer prevailing during the refund investigation period. The amount to be reimbursed to the applicant for refund cannot exceed the difference between the duty collected and the combined countervailing and anti-dumping duty established in the refund investigation.
Unless otherwise specified, the provisions in force concerning customs duties shall apply.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 21 August 2023.
For the Commission The President Ursula VON DER LEYEN
(1) OJ L 176, 30.6.2016, p. 21.
(2) Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 451/2011 of 6 May 2011 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and collecting definitively the provisional duty imposed on imports of coated fine paper originating in the People's Republic of China (OJ L 128, 14.5.2011, p. 1).
(3) Council Implementing Regulation (EU) No 452/2011 of 6 May 2011 imposing a definitive anti-subsidy duty on imports of coated fine paper originating in the People's Republic of China (OJ L 128, 14.5.2011, p. 18).
(4) Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Union, OJ L 176, 30.06.2016, p.21.
(5) No 2017/1188 of 3 July 2017 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain coated fine paper originating in the People's Republic of China following an expiry review pursuant to Article 11(2) of the Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
(6) OJ C 280, 25.8.2015, p. 7.
(7) https://tron.trade.ec.europa.eu/investigations/case-view?caseId=2616
(8) Council Regulation (EC) No 597/2009 of 11 June 2009 on protection against subsidised imports from countries not members of the European Community (OJ L 188, 18.7.2009, p. 93). This Regulation has been codified by Regulation (EU) 2016/1037 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on protection against subsidised imports from countries not members of the European Union (OJ L 176, 30.6.2016, p. 55).
(9) https://tron.trade.ec.europa.eu/investigations/case-view?caseId=2616
(10) https://tron.trade.ec.europa.eu/investigations/case-view?caseId=2616
(11) While the production is taking place in Austria, the headquarter of the group is located in Brussels, Belgium. The verification visit took place at the headquarter.
(12) http://www.gtis.com/gta/secure/default.cfm
(13) https://www.ibge.gov.br/estatisticas/economicas/industria/9042-pesquisa-industrial-anual.html?=&t=destaques
(14) Brazilian Ministry of Mines and Energy (Boletim mensal de energia 2021) https://www.gov.br/mme/pt-br/assuntos/secretarias/petroleo-gas-natural-e-biocombustiveis/publicacoes-1/boletim-mensal-de-acompanhamento-da-industria-de-gas-natural/2021/12-boletim-de-acompanhamento-da-industria-de-gas-natural-dezembro-de-2021.pdf
(15) Sylvamo 2021-Annual-Report.pdf
(16) New World Bank country classifications by income level: 2021-2022
(17) Commission Staff Working Document on Significant Distortions in the Economy of the People’s Republic of China for the purposes of Trade Defence Investigations, 20 December 2017, SWD 483 final/2.
(18) Report – Chapter 2, p. 6-7.
(19) Report – Chapter 2, p. 10.
(20) Available at: Constitution of the People's Republic of China (npc.gov.cn) (accessed on 22 March 2023).
(21) Report – Chapter 2, p. 20-21.
(22) Report – Chapter 3, p. 41, 73-74.
(23) Report – Chapter 6, p. 120-121.
(24) Report – Chapter 6. p. 122 -135.
(25) Report – Chapter 7, p. 167-168.
(26) Report – Chapter 8, p. 169-170, 200-201.
(27) Report – Chapter 2, p. 15-16, Report – Chapter 4, p. 50, p. 84, Report – Chapter 5, p. 108-9.
(28) Available at: http://www.chinapaper.net/news/show-70464.html (accessed on 22 March 2023).
(29) Available at: https://aiqicha.baidu.com/company_detail_29610125830115 and https://aiqicha.baidu.com/company_detail_79823144545100 (accessed on 22 March 2023).
(30) See for example Art. 33 of the CCP Constitution, Article 19 of the Chinese Company Law or the Guidelines on stepping up the United Front work in the private sector for the new era issued by the General Office of the CCP’s Central Committee in 2020.
(31) Available at: http://www.chinappi.org/associ_rule.html (accessed on 22 March 2023).
(32) Report – Chapter 5, p. 100-1.
(33) Report – Chapter 2, p. 26
(34) See for example: Blanchette, J. - Xi's Gamble: The Race to Consolidate Power and Stave off Disaster; Foreign Affairs, vol. 100, no. 4, July/August 2021, pp. 10-19.
(35) Report – Chapter 2, p. 31-2.
(36) Available at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-congress-companies-idUSKCN1B40JU (accessed on 22 March 2023).
(37) Available at: www.gov.cn/zhengce/2020-09/15/content_5543685.htm (accessed on 22 March 2023).
(38) Chinese Communist Party asserts greater control over private enterprise, available at: https://on.ft.com/3mYxP4j (accessed on 22 March 2023).
(39) Available at: http://www.chenmingpaper.com/about/dszjj.aspx (accessed on 22 March 2023).
(40) Available at: http://www.chenmingpaper.com/about/djgzxx.aspx?id=17455 (accessed on 22 March 2023).
(41) Available at: https://www.zhanjiang.gov.cn/yaowen/content/post_1620284.html (accessed on 22 March 2023).
(42) Ibid.
(43) Available at: https://dzrb.dzng.com/articleContent/37_1087334.html (accessed on 22 March 2023).
(44) Ibid.
(45) Report – Chapters 14.1 to 14.3.
(46) Report – Chapter 4, p. 41-42, 83.
(47) See Section, Section I.19 of the Guiding Catalogue, available at: www.gov.cn/xinwen/2019-11/06/5449193/files/26c9d25f713f4ed5b8dc51ae40ef37af.pdf (accessed on 22 march 2023).
(48) Ibid.
(49) Ibid.
(50) See Section, Section III.12 of the Guiding Catalogue, available at: www.gov.cn/xinwen/2019-11/06/5449193/files/26c9d25f713f4ed5b8dc51ae40ef37af.pdf (accessed on 22 march 2023).
(51) Available at: http://www.gov.cn/xinwen/2021-03/13/content_5592681.htm (accessed on 23 March 2023).
(52) Ibid.
(53) Available at: https://www.forestry.gov.cn/html/ghzj/ghzj_1609/20210831153731850408848/file/20210831154858339457752.pdf (accessed on 23 March 2023).
(54) Ibid.
(55) Ibid.
(56) Available at: http://www.shandong.gov.cn/art/2021/9/7/art_97902_429688.html (accessed on 23 March 2023).
(57) Ibid.
(58) Ibid.
(59) Ibid.
(60) Available at: http://www.shandong.gov.cn/art/2022/11/11/art_107851_121997.html (accessed on 23 March 2023).
(61) Ibid.
(62) Available at: https://gxt.jiangsu.gov.cn/art/2023/1/17/art_6278_10729235.html (accessed on 23 March 2023).
(63) Ibid.
(64) Report – Chapter 6, p. 138-149.
(65) Report – Chapter 9, p. 216.
(66) Report – Chapter 9, p. 213-215.
(67) Report – Chapter 9, p. 209-211.
(68) Report – Chapter 13, p. 332-337.
(69) Report – Chapter 13, p. 336.
(70) Report – Chapter 13, p. 337-341.
(71) Report – Chapter 6, p. 114-117.
(72) Report – Chapter 6, p. 119.
(73) Report – Chapter 6, p. 120.
(74) Report – Chapter 6, p. 121-122, 126-128, 133-135.
(75) See: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/328, of 24 February 2021 imposing a definitive countervailing duty on imports of continuous filament glass fibre products originating in the People’s Republic of China following an expiry review pursuant to Article 18 of the Regulation (EU) 2016/1037 of the European Parliament and of the Council, recitals 71-75, OJ L 65/1, 25.02.2021. and: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2287, of 17 December 2021 imposing definitive countervailing duties on imports of aluminium converter foil originating in the People’s Republic of China and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/2170 imposing definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of aluminium converter foil originating in the People’s Republic of China, recitals 151-188, OJ L 458/344, 22.12.2021.
(76) See official policy document of the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC) of 28 August 2020: Three-year action plan for improving corporate governance of the banking and insurance sectors (2020-2022), available at: http://www.cbirc.gov.cn/cn/view/pages/ItemDetail.html?docId=925393&itemId=928 (accessed on 22 March 2023). The Plan instructs to ‘ further implement the spirit embodied in General Secretary Xi Jinping’s keynote speech on advancing the reform of corporate governance of the financial sector’. Moreover, the Plan’s section II aims at promoting the organic integration of the Party’s leadership into corporate governance: ‘we shall make the integration of the Party’s leadership into corporate governance more systematic, standardised and procedure-based […] Major operational and management issues must have been discussed by the Party Committee before being decided upon by the Board of Directors or the senior management.’
(77) See CBIRC’s Notice on the Commercial banks performance evaluation method, issued on 15 December 2020. http://jrs.mof.gov.cn/gongzuotongzhi/202101/t20210104_3638904.htm (accessed on 22 March 2023).
(78) See IMF Working Paper ‘Resolving China's Corporate Debt Problem’, by Wojciech Maliszewski, Serkan Arslanalp, John Caparusso, José Garrido, Si Guo, Joong Shik Kang, W. Raphael Lam, T. Daniel Law, Wei Liao, Nadia Rendak, Philippe Wingender, Jiangyan, October 2016, WP/16/203
(79) Report – Chapter 6, p. 121-122, 126-128, 133-135.
(80) See OECD (2019), OECD Economic Surveys: China 2019, OECD Publishing, Paris. p. 29, available at:
https://doi.org/10.1787/eco_surveys-chn-2019-en (accessed on 22 March 2023).
(81) See: http://www.gov.cn/xinwen/2020-04/20/content_5504241.htm (accessed on 22 March 2023).
(82) Available at: http://www.chenmingpaper.com/Uploadfile/pdf/20220901105117731.pdf (accessed on 23 March 2023).
(83) Available at: http://www.cninfo.com.cn/new/disclosure/detail?plate=szse&orgId=9900001223&stockCode=002078&announcementId=1212942863&announcementTime=2022-04-15%2018:00 (accessed on 23 March 2023).
(84) https://data.worldbank.org/income-level/upper-middle-income
(85) If there is no production of the product under review in any country with a similar level of economic development, production of a product in the same general category and/or sector of the product under review may be considered.
(86) https://www.ilo.org/shinyapps/bulkexplorer37/?lang=en&segment=indicator&id=HOW_2LSS_SEX_RT_A
(87) Brazilian Ministry of Mines and Energy (Boletim mensal de energia 2021) https://www.gov.br/mme/pt-br/assuntos/secretarias/spe/publicacoes/boletins-mensais-de-energia/2021/portugues/12-boletim-mensal-de-energia-dezembro-2021/view
(88) https://www.ibge.gov.br/estatisticas/economicas/industria/9042-pesquisa-industrial-anual.html?=&t=destaques
(89) https://www.ibge.gov.br/estatisticas/economicas/industria/9042-pesquisa-industrial-anual.html?=&t=destaques
(90) http://www.gtis.com/gta/secure/default.cfm
(91) https://www.ibge.gov.br/estatisticas/economicas/industria/9042-pesquisa-industrial-anual.html?=&t=destaques
(92) Brazilian Ministry of Mines and Energy (Boletim mensal de energia 2021) https://www.gov.br/mme/pt-br/assuntos/secretarias/spe/publicacoes/boletins-mensais-de-energia/2021/portugues/12-boletim-mensal-de-energia-dezembro-2021/view
(93) Regulation (EU) 2015/755 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015 on common rules for imports from certain third countries (OJ L 123, 19.5.2015, p. 33). Article 2(7) of the basic Regulation considers that domestic prices in those countries cannot be used for the purpose of determining normal value.
(94) https://www.ibge.gov.br/estatisticas/economicas/industria/9042-pesquisa-industrial-anual.html?=&t=destaques
(95) Brazilian Ministry of Mines and Energy (Boletim mensal de energia 2021) https://www.gov.br/mme/pt-br/assuntos/secretarias/spe/publicacoes/boletins-mensais-de-energia/2021/portugues/12-boletim-mensal-de-energia-dezembro-2021/view
(96) Brazilian Ministry of Mines and Energy (Boletim mensal de energia 2021) https://www.gov.br/mme/pt-br/assuntos/secretarias/petroleo-gas-natural-e-biocombustiveis/publicacoes-1/boletim-mensal-de-acompanhamento-da-industria-de-gas-natural/2021/12-boletim-de-acompanhamento-da-industria-de-gas-natural-dezembro-de-2021.pdf
(97) Sylvamo 2021-Annual-Report.pdf
(98) Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics
(99) Sylvamo 2021-Annual-Report.pdf
(100) Svan data is a market research consultancy (https://svandata.com/)
(101) See Expiry review request, Annex 28
(102) See Expiry review request, Annex 7, RISI CWF capacities and demand reports.
(103) See Expiry review request, Annex 7, RISI CWF capacities and demand reports.
(104) Spare capacities are considered to be the difference between the existing Chinese CFP capacities, Chinese CFP demand and Chinese CFP exports from the request (see Annex 8, Svan data).
(105) Overcapacities are considered to be the difference between the existing Chinese CFP capacities and domestic Chinese CFP demand.
(106) See Annex 10 of the applicants’ request.
(107) Recital 158 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 451/2011.
(108) Svan data is a market research consultancy (https://svandata.com/)
(109) Based on data from the sampled Union producers
(110) Based on Ibid. It is the costs of production of the sampled Union producers to which the target profit was added.
(111) During the RIP, freight costs were at abnormally high levels. Hence, the Commission used 2019 freight costs to calculate the theoretical Chinese landed prices. In accordance with the data from the expiry review request (Annex 28), the freight costs from China to the EU on average in 2019 amounted to 63 EUR per ton and the customs handling cost to 8 EUR per ton.
(112) Data from the request. The EU landed price was calculated as the Chinese FOB prices to which ocean freight and customs handling costs were added.
(113) Intergraf represents 21 national printing federations. The European printers represented by Intergraf are users of CFP and potentially importers of CFP from China.
(114) European Commission, Directorate-General for Trade, Directorate G, Rue de la Loi 170, 1040 Brussels, Belgium.
(115) Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 July 2018 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union, amending Regulations (EU) No 1296/2013, (EU) No 1301/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) No 1304/2013, (EU) No 1309/2013, (EU) No 1316/2013, (EU) No 223/2014, (EU) No 283/2014, and Decision No 541/2014/EU and repealing Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 (OJ L 193, 30.7.2018, p. 1).
(116) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1647 of 21 August 2023 imposing a definitive countervailing duty on imports of certain coated fine paper originating in the People’s Republic of China following an expiry review pursuant to Article 18 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1037 of the European Parliament and of the Council (see page 1 of this Official journal).
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